Photobucket commits Corporate Suicide

Bt Doctur

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Yep, I wont be using them to post any photo`s here .Just can`t see paying $400 for that service.
 
Couldn't agree more. I'm not sure what that does to their business model but absent 3rd party hosting they are useless to me. I'm in the process of seeing if I can delete my content from there. Unfortunately, that means a lot of pics on this board will be no longer available. Bummer.
 
So what's another picture hosting site?
I won't be using Photobucket anymore either.
 
I had gotten to where I hated using photobucket - only used to post photos here. So slow.

Interested in alternatives if anyone has any ideas. Open to paying some amount for decent response time - just not $400.

Mark
 
I hadn't heard anything about PB changing their policies or pricing. I just tried to go to the Photobucket.com site to see what they had to say about it and the site is down.

Any chance that "news" was hacked and is fake news?

It's sad that we now have to question almost every bit of news we get to try to determine if it's real or fake.
 
GFC- doesn't appear to be a hoax. I've seen it reported on "real" news and all of my pics now have that banner saying I need to pay up. From their website which I was able to access here's the only plan that offers 3rd party hosting.

Plus 500 offers 500GB of Storage, Unlimited Linking and 3rd Party Hosting* PLUS 500
510.1 GB Storage $39.99 / MO
Billed Annually
$399.99 / YR
 
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Still seems to be working for me??
In their new terms of use in does say that free users can't link to 3rd part sites.


 
I don't get it, either. I read about this a few days ago and was concerned. But I just inserted this picture by copying the "direct" link from PB and making sure to uncheck "Retrieve remote file" during the CSR insert picture step. I guess it's a mystery...

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Just a thought... for those where PB is no longer working... how full is your "storage" on their site? I am no where near full - only 2%. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
 
around 20% but one of the photos that I did post and then removed by pg is no longer available to view, just shows that update screen
 
just got this "Thanks for waiting! For the next 12 hours, "BtDoctur's album" will be available for one download. "
I guess you only get a one time download and then your stuck
 
I just deleted my account. Has anyone else been getting slow load time and plenty of ads? Not pop ups, but they take up the whole screen and make you click to continue?
 

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